Trip to France for the 80th D-Day anniversary
Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau welcomes Prince William
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (r.) in conversation with Prince William in Courseulles-sur-Mer.
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A Canadian commemoration event to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day is taking place in Courseulles-sur-Mer. Prince William has travelled there for the event.
Prince William (41) is today, June 6, for a Canadian commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day in Courseulles-sur-Mer, France. The British heir to the throne was greeted at the Juno Beach Centre museum by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (52) and French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal (35). According to media reports, William will also meet with Canadian veterans and members of the Canadian Armed Forces at the event.
Later, the 41-year-old will attend the official international ceremony at Omaha Beach in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer with more than 25 heads of state. Among those attending will be Ukrainian President Volodymyr Selensky (46), US President Joe Biden (81) and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (65), as well as representatives of other European royal families.
Charles and Camilla are also in France
William’s father, King Charles (75), and his wife Queen Camilla (76) also travelled to France today, Thursday. At an event at the war memorial “British Normandy Memorial” in the municipality of Ver-sur-Mer, the monarch and his wife honoured the fallen soldiers together with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (44), Labour leader Keir Starmer (61) and French President Emmanuel Macron (46).
According to “The Sun” Charles his “second impressive speech” on the 80th anniversary of D-Day. He paid tribute to the veterans and said, for example: “We must stand together to resist tyranny.” At an emotional ceremony in Portsmouth, Great Britain, on Wednesday (5 June), the monarch had already spoken about the “courage, resilience and solidarity” of the veterans of the Second World War, according to media reports. According to eyewitnesses, he seemed close to tears.
On June 6, 1944, which became known as D-Day, the landing of Allied troops in Normandy began during World War II. The day marks one of the most significant turning points in World War II.